Graham: Obama expected cheers

Sen. Lindsey Graham says President Barack Obama “thought everybody would be cheering” the release of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl.

“He bypassed a process where the intelligence community gave input, where the Congress could have a say, because he wanted the result,” the South Carolina Republican said Tuesday to FOX’s “On the Record.” “He wanted last week to be a great week.”

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Graham expressed concerns over the five Taliban prisoners who were released from the Guantánamo Bay detention facility, citing a high probability that they will return to the battlefield.

“He [Obama] thought everybody would be cheering,” said Graham. “But when we see these five guys on TV, it reminds every American that radical Islam is our enemy, and that he’s let our enemy out. And they’re going to come back killing Americans just as sure as we are talking about this tonight. The president is disconnected from the fact that radical Islam is a threat to our way of life.”

Graham added, “I think [it was] unwise, probably unlawful. But, at its very minimum, it stinks to high heaven.”